Diego Muniz

Photo by: Ty Russell

Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley

Position:
Utility Player
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-7
Weight:
193
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
Rockwall, Texas
Prev School:
Rockwall HS

2023: Played in 37 games and made 29 starts … started one game at third base, 20 at catcher and eight as designated hitter … batted .270 with 17 RBIs, 15 runs scored, six doubles, a home run and 15 walks … had six multiple hit games and three multiple RBI games … his March 7 start at catcher was his first career appearance behind the plate … had a stretch of 14 straight appearances when he started at catcher … went 3 for 5 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs vs. Stanford (3/30) … went 2 for 4 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Texas Tech (4/14) … was 2 for 4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run vs. Kansas (4/29) … went 2 for 3 with a walk, an RBI and two runs at Gonzaga (5/14) … went 1 for 2 with a run in the NCAA Charlottesville Regional vs. East Carolina (6/2) and doubled in two at bats vs. Army (6/3).

2022: Played in 49 games and made 31 starts … started 13 games at second base, 12 games in left field, three games at third base and two games as designated hitter ... batted .259 with 24 RBIs, 18 runs scored, eight doubles and 23 walks … had eight multiple hit games and six multiple RBI games … was 4 for 4 in stolen bases ... notched a season-high four RBIs while going 2 for 3 with a double and a walk vs. UTSA (3/12) ... went 3 for 4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and two runs vs. Air Force (3/15) ... drove in two runs in consecutive games vs. New Orleans (3/18 and 3/19) ... singled, drove in three runs and scored a run vs. Wichita State (4/19) ... doubled twice, drove in a run and scored a run at TCU (5/6) ... drove in two runs, including one on a sacrifice bunt, after pinch hitting at TCU (5/7) ... went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and three runs scored vs. West Virginia (5/15).

2021: Played in 35 games and made 27 starts … started 20 games in left field and seven as DH … batted .267 with 17 RBIs, 22 runs scored, three doubles, one home run and 14 walks … made multiple hits in seven games and multiple RBIs in three contests … drove in two runs and scored twice vs. Kansas (4/9) and Oral Roberts (4/6) … homered vs. TCU (4/2). Summer 2021: played in 34 games for the Walnut Creek Crawdads in the California Collegiate League … batted .260 with two home runs, five doubles, 16 RBIs and 14 runs scored.

2020: Played in 10 games and made nine starts during the season shortened due to COVID-19… all nine starts came in left field… hit .207 with five RBIs, five runs, one double and one home run with five walks… went 2 for 2 with two walks and three runs scored vs. Texas Southern (2/18)… was 2 for 5 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs vs. Dallas Baptist (3/3)… walked twice and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly vs. San Diego State (3/8).

2019: Played in 41 games with 36 starts… started 24 games in left field, eight in right field, four at designated hitter and one at third base… hit .220 with nine doubles three home runs, 10 RBIs, 20 runs scored and 25 walks… had seven multiple hit games and four multiple RBI games… went 2 for 4 with two doubles and two RBIs vs. Columbia (3/1; game 1)… went 2 for 3 with a walk, steal, RBI and run at Rice (3/9)… hit a three-run homer vs. UT Arlington (3/12)… went 5 for 11 with four RBIs, five runs, a homer and three doubles in the series vs. TCU (4/5-7)… hit a three-run home run in the 10th inning to give OU the win at Kansas State (4/28)… walked twice and scored two runs vs. Texas Tech (5/3).

High School: A utility player from Rockwall High School in Texas with ability to play all over the diamond… the First-Team All-District 11-6A catcher in 2018… earned first-team all-district honors as a pitcher in 2017 and also named first-team all-district as an infielder in 2016.

Personal: Major: management.